Qwant: Private and Neutral Searching - Hacking the Hike
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In the United States, DuckDuckGo is the de facto choice for privacy. I was recommended Qwant to try as an

Qwant promises to be privacy friendly. Seems like a good alternative to Google and DuckDuckGo.

  • geopoliticssuck
    7·
    4 years ago

    At least Qwant is under European internet laws like GDPR, which is why I prefer it to DDG. I think it also uses its own servers while DDG uses AWS.

      • muddygeekOP
        1·
        4 years ago

        Is it the default just because it’s the only native French option?

          • muddygeekOP
            2·
            4 years ago

            That’s kind of what I was getting at. I know there’s a lot of disdain towards American tech. It’s very understandable between the political atmosphere and security concerns. No government wants to worry about NSA backdoors.

            I hope the competition will improve products over time and that we’re not squandering resources to prove a point.

    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
      1·
      6 days ago

      I agree.

      Though I can’t say Qwant works worse than other search engines I have tried, lately.

      None of the ones I have used, lately, compare to the old days, when the Internet was better. (I need to go polish my rose colored glasses now.)